What’s right with giveaways that won’t result in the behavior intended to be subsidized? The US isn’t full of suckers.
… or is it?
Nothing as such, but doing so instead of investing in expansion, modernization, and people is a way to shrink the economy and put people out of jobs. What a stock buyback program gains instead is that a few top managers and investors whose bonuses are tied to stock prices make even more money they can’t use, with some crumbs for 401K owners. It also makes a company harder to take over, helping the gravy train to keep running while preventing stockholders from realizing the value they might otherwise see.
IOW The System is Rigged!
McCain is going to miss the tax-bill vote due to ongoing health issues, but if Corker gives the bill his vote (which he has indicated he will,) the Republicans will pass it 51-48, barring any unexpected defections.
Corker was shocked, shocked to find a new tax break for his real estate shell firms suddenly inserted into the bill.
#CorkerKickBack is a big trend on Twitter right now.
Would you sell your country out for a million bucks? Bob Corker would. Isn’t that pathetic?
I suspect Senator Corker and you have differing definitions of “sell your country out”
Returning money to the shareholders is not a giveaway.
True. He thought he’d be selling his country out if he voted for the tax bill. Until they put something in there for him. Now his definition has changed.
Did he actually say that somewhere on record?
Originality and truth are independent of each other. Most true statements aren’t the least bit original anymore.
“Thinking of the children” is an opinion, not a truth.
I don’t think we do, no. The difference is, I wouldn’t sell my country out for a million bucks, and he would.
It’s a bit more than an opinion; it’s a foundation of most systems of morality.
Cite?
It’s also a loaded question in that it implies that no one is thinking of the children.
It was a reply to an assertion that defunding CHIP is morally acceptable, with the only stated reason being that thinking of the children is just an opinion.
I take it you agree with that, Nars?
If you have to ask …
I’m not sure what you’re asking me Elvis. I don’t know enough about the CHIP program to have an informed opinion of it other than I generally believe that insurance is a good thing.
I do have an issue with “Won’t somebody think of the children?” as a trump card when it comes to government expenditures.
Well, there ya go! Senator Corker’s definition of “fiscally sound” refers to his personal finances, not the government’s.